Method of regulating the field density of electric generators.



No. 888,801. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906.

G. S. NBELBY.

METHOD OF RBGULATING THE FIELD DENSITY 0F ELECTRIC GENERATORS nruouron rum) um. 21. 1806.

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No. 838,801. PATENTBD DEC. 18, 1906 G- S. NEBLEY.

METHOD OF REGULATING THE FIELD DENSITY 0 F ELECTRIC GENERATORS.

APPLICATION I'ILBD AUG. 31. 1005.

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' variation of the intensity of the current supfield plied to the work circuit or system or such when connected to rt of it as it may be found necessary to use. sepa he other artificial magnet is controlled by use of an elastic, force, preferably the force of the intensity of the shunt-field exciting-cura spring, the f0 To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE S. NEELEY, a' sour citizen of the United States, residi at the tioned the fact thatthere is no city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, ave i-ncons vented a certain new and useful Improvelar current supplied to ment in Methods of Regulating the Field mad Density of Electric Generators, of which the the field resis llowin is a full, clear, and exact descri net doing the other half of the work tion, suc h lib art to which it appertains to make and use exciting currentof either the W0 he same, reference being had to the accomnam anying drawings, forming part of this specivide cation, in whic is a diagrammatic view il he same consistin the field-circuit 0 self-exciting 1 current if regulatin the field' density of a means for conveni separately-excited ynamo and is arranged tor initiall to any normal vol in opposition to the first-mentioned artificial emp magnet. The advantages of having these it by the vol UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE s. NEELEY, or sr.

METHOD OF REGULATlNl'i THE FIELD DENSITY 0F ELECTRIC GENERATORS.

Application filed August 21, 1905.

as will enable others skilled in t in my improved method of regulating the salt fie d density of a separately-excited generaance tor, one of the primary artificial magnets betage ing incorporated into the field-circuit of the sumption of extra energy from the system. exciter and the other in the working circuit I-also provide a suitable shunt whose resist of the main generator, respectively. Fig. 2 ance is one wher ustrating my 1mcient is negative, said resista proved method operating in connection with erably carbon, and also connect it in series a self-exciting generator; and Fig. 3 is a.dia with the shunt-field of the exciter or in grammatic view illustrating my improved series with the shunt-field of the method used in connection with a separatelydynamo if self-excitin excited generator, one of the primary artima 1 magnets being incorporated into the an working circuit and the other in the field-cirably cuit of the generator.

This invention relates to a new and useful requirements.

ed for automatically regulating the rying about ei hty per cent. of field density of electric generators, the object current wheni disclosed in the present apparatus being to cenc maintain a constant voltage in the work cirit is found that t cuit or system by a simple arrangement for tarding action as its temperature rises, which ma netically operating the field resistance is a very desirable feature, as it serves to rean by a minimum expenditure of energy. lieve the contacts which constitute the vari- In the drawings I have shown an apparaable for carrying my invention into practice,- dynamo increase. Around this carbon shunt 1g of a variable resistance in is maintained an ele the generator in one inwhich is varied and controlled by the stance and in the field of the exciter in the cial ma nets, one of Wluch is in turn d other instance, which is primaril operated cont l by two artificial magnets. One 0 these artisupplied to t l magnets is controlled entirely by the intensity of the current supplied to the s of the dynamo, or that of the exciter re late the voltage of a I also make rent when rtzgulating the field density of a magnet controlled b ynamo or bv the exciter-fieldcurrent supplied to t Specification of Letters Patent.

artificial magnets con LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Serial No. 276,068-

0 or its'exciter. Thus mea d for operating two powerful art' cial I magnets which are energized from-sources of Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view illustratpower that vary in equal ratios and will re in a ositive change in the field resistat t e correct instant to prevent vol incandescent lam made up s shunt 1s resistance as the load an rol rately excited ynamo.

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trolled from these ces are many, among which may be menextra current umed by the artificial magnets,

the system being e to do one-half the work ein the temperat nce being prefg, whichever be, and for convenience in connecting "disconnecting this shunt it is preferin the form of a specialized type of to suit special capable of car the shunt-field e of incandescarbon shunt ution of its reeated to a stat e. By usi this special ere is a dimln d voltage of the ctric arc the len e system and t added to the ensity of the This affords g the regularce of which is y the int he system. ently adj ustin and ener ize tage of the curren the system, whereby my regulator will auto matically make compensation in the field resistance for decreased or increased speeds, thereby keeping the voltage of the dynamo and the giystem constant regardless of ordinary splee changes.

In t e drawings (see Fig. 1) the exciterfield circuit passes through wire a to an artificial magnet 1 and thence throu h wire b in the one instance to the shunt 2, aving a re sistance whose tem erature coefficient 18 negative, and in the ot er instance through wire 0 to a movable contact 3, forming one terminal of a circuit about the shunt 2. This movable contact 3 carries an armature 3, whichis pivotally mounted at 3" in a position to be attracted by the artificial magnet 1. Contact 3 preferably cooperates with a correspondin Stationarilymounted contact 4, from which leads a wire (1 to the return-wire e of theexciter-field circuit.

When the exciter is in operation, it will be obvious that the field densit and current of the generator B will be.=regu ated by the are formed between the contacts 3 and 4, which constitutes a variable resistance, the increment in which will cause the current to flow through the shunt 2. Thus conjunctively the variable resistance and the resistance of the shunt 2 regulate the field density and current of the exciter A, and thereby directly control the field density and current of the generator B.

9 and 3 indicate the main-line wires of the working circuit leading from and to the brushes of the enerator B.

5 indicates 51c primary coil of a series or current transformer, from the terminals of the secondary windin 6 of which lead wires h and i to and from t e coil of the artificial magnet 7, whose armature 8 is directly connected by a rod 9 to the movable contact 3.

An elastic connection, preferably in the form of a spring 9, is interposed between the rod 9 and movable contact 3 for the urpose of absorbing the vibration of the rod due to the alternating efiect produced by the artificial magnets 7 and 11 when my apparatus is i used in an alternating-current system. This spring-cushionsthe vibration of the armatures 8 and 10 and prevents the transmission of said vibrations to the movable contact 3. Spring 9 is not absolutely necessary where my apparatus is used in a direct-current systerm.

The artificial magnet 7 is placed in op osition to the artificial ma net 1' and ten 8 to close the circuit around t e shunt 2 in opposition to the artificial magnet 1, which tends to keep said circuit 0 en and increase the variable resistance, w 'ch variable resistance (as well as the resistance of the shunt 2) directly influence the strength of artificial magnet 1, as well as the current strength and density of the exclter-field.

Rod 9, which connects the armature 8 with the movable contact 3, extends through the artificial magnet 7 and carries at its opposite end an armature 10, arranged in an artificial magnet 11. A spring 12 is connected to rod 9 and its carried armature 10, its tension being initially adjusted by screw-eye 12 and is exerted to close the contacts 3 and 4, assist the pull of the artificial magnet 7, and resist the counter magnetic action resulting from the force of the artificial magnet 11 and artificial magnet 1. This magnet 11 is energized by the voltage of the current supplied to the system and assists in making compensation in the field resistance when variations occur in the voltage resulting from fluctua tions in the speed and also assists in the regulation of the movable contact 3 when the voltage is increased or decreased from nat ural causesas, for instance when the current in the working circuit is increased or decreased. This artificial magnet 11, which heretofore I have referred to as a third artificial ma net," is preferably in the circuit of the secon ar winding 13,whose primary 14 is across the ighting or work system.

In operation the variable resistance in the form'of an are between the contacts 3 and 4 in the local field-circuit of the exciter around the shunt 2 is under the control of the rela tively powerful artificial magnets 1 and 7. The artificial ma net 7 is energized by the full intensity of t e current supplied to the system, or such part of it as it may be found necessar to use, the series or current transformer 'urnishing the means whereby any proportional part of the current of the workmg circuit may be utilized and also as a means for reducing the usual high volta e. The artificial magnet 1 is energized by t e intensity of the shunt-field exciting-current and is mechanicall and magnetica ly in oposition to the arti 'cialmagnet 7. Thus there is no current wasted by the magnets, as the regular current supplied to the system is made to do half the work of operating the field resistance, the other half being done by the artificial magnet 1 through energy derived from the regular shunt-field excitingcurrent. In this way, as stated before, the magnets are operated from sources of power that vary in a ratio that will change the field resistance at the correct instant to prevent voltage fluctuation. The third artificial magnet 11 is energized by the voltage supplied to the system and assists in automatically compensating for changes of speed, which keeps the voltage of the dynamo and the system constant regardless of ordinary speed changes.

If a load is thrown on the dynamo B, it will increase the intensity of the current flowing in the main-line wiresf and g and the seriestransformer coils 5 6. The intensity of this current increases the magnetic attraction of the artificial magnet 7 for its armature 8 pro portional to the increased intensity of current in the lines f and g. This results in moving the contact 3 closer to the contact 4 and reduces the resistance in the field-circuit of the exciter A, which results in an increased field density in the dynamo B. When the current of the working dynamo is increased it results in a slightly-decreased volta e an the artificial magnet 11 by being wea ened will offer less resistance to the spring 12, and consequently the sprin 12 assists in moving the contact 3 toward t e contact 4, because the tension of said spring is always constant after adjustment, and the force exerted by the artificial magnet 11 in an op osite direction depends upon the strength oi the volts e of the work system. The actions of t e spring 12 and the artificial magnet 11 are reversed when the dynamo is under full load and the load begins to be thrown off. In such event the force of the artificial magnet 11 becomes the strongerg' due to the slightlyincreasing voltage, and thus operates to assist the artificial magnet l in widening the are between the contacts 3 and 4, increasing the resistance to the exciting-current to compensate for the decreased load. If the dynamo is under full load and normal volta e and some or all of the load is thrown off of tiie work-circuit, it will instantly resultin the withdrawal of some or all of the force of the artificial magnet 7, thus allowing the force of the artificial magnet l to preponderate in the regulation of the contact 3, which causes the are to be widened until the field-current of the exciter through the artificial magnet 1 finds a new point of ma netie equilibrium with the force of the artificial magnet 7 in the work-circuit of the dynamo B.

In case of total disability of the artificial magnets 7 and 11 the system will not be rendered inoperative, but only non-automatic. The a paratus may then be operated b manna adjustment of the spring 12 for eac.

increase or decrease of the load on the dyna:

mo B.

If the (1 name B and the exciter' A be driven bytl ie same motive force, my regula tor will compensate for twenty-five-per-cent speed variation in the motive force asfollows' If the speed and voltage of the dynamo B i regulated for a given normal, a decrease speed acts to decrease the voltage and al-J acts to decrease the exciting-current by 1. ducing the s eed of the exciter. As the opp; sing forces 0 the artificial magnet 11 andqhe spring 12 are equal at normal voltage wnd speed, a decrease of speed will decrease the voltage, and consequently the force of the artificial magnet 11 The spring 12 will then act automatically to pull the contact 3 t award the contact 4, thus reducing the resist; ,nce in the field of the exciteras fast asthe sp ad falls off. If the speed exceeds the normal, it will also increase the voltage of the dynamo above normal, and consequently the extra force of the artificial magnet 11 will automatically move the contact 3 farther away from the contact 4. An increase in speed alsoincreascs the field-current of the exciter, which increases the strength of the artificial magnet 1 and results in an increase in the resistance by widening the distance between the contacts 3 and 4 in the field-circuit of the exciter A at an equal ratio with the increasing speed.

In Figs. 1 and 3 I have shown an alternating-current dynamo, this form of separatelyexcited generator bei the most common one met with in practice, and in order to avoid bringing the usual high-voltage current into contact with the regulator'parts I have shown a series transformer in the working circuit and a constant-potential transformer across the working circuit, it being understood in the art that these devices give a secondary current and voltage exactly proportional to the primary current; otherwise but for the danger from handlin the high volta e the main line forming the working circui might just as well pass around the artificial magnet 7 before being connected to the various translatin devices. This is also true of the artificia magnet that receives its energy from the voltage of the working circuit.

In Fig. 2 I have shown my improved alparatus arranged in a system wherein t e ynamo is self-excitin In this form the operation is precisely t e same as that hereinbefore described with reference to the se arately-excited system, with the exception that the series transformer and the potential transfo rmer are of course unnecessary, the series transformer being replaced by a resistance shunt (marked r in the work-circuit) wll eh shunts a current pro ortional to the CIZJGIlt in the work-circuit t rough the artifinial magnet 7. The potential magnet 11 ii energized by the voltage of the work-ciriuit, it being connected across the main-line wires of the work-circuit.

6 is a fuse (or a magnetically-operated circuit-breaker) in the secondary circuit derived from the rimary in series with the main line or wor -circuit or in the shunt-circuit of the self-exciting system shown in Fig. 2. This fuse is designed to carry current up to the workin capacity to which the apparatus is initial y set, and should this 'fuse be blown the artificial ma net 7 would be thrown out of service. T e force of the artificial magnet 1 being left undisturbed would then preponderate and increase the variable resistance by increasing the distance between the contacts 3 and 4, thus leaving the full resistance of the shunt 2 in the fieldcircuit of the exciter, which would effectively IIC . in Fig. 3 is similar prevent the exciter field-current from rising above eighty per cent. of its minimum normal value.

I have not shown herein the mechanical details of construction of the improved apparatus used in connection with my improved method, as the same is illustrated and described in a pending application filed by me Juy 31, 1905, and seria ly numbered 271,980.

11 Fi 3 I have shown a system wherein the artificial magnet 1 is energized by current in the separately-excited field of generator B and the constant and variable resistance 2, located in the field-circuit of the exciter A. In other respects the system shown to that illustrated and described with reference to Fig. 1.

It will be noticed that the magnets which I em loy in m method of regulating the field ensities 0 electric generators are energized by electric currents and are therefore artificial magnets of the electromagnetic variety. I wish to make this distinction, as permanent magnets w'ould ,not respond to the conditions imposed upon them, as the actions of the magnets must vary with the variations of their energizing sources.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The method of regulatin the field density of an electric generator w 'ch consists in exciting the field of said generator, controlling said excitation in response to differential electromagnetic forces resulting from lacing the intensity of the field current of t e generator in magnetic opposition to fhe'intensity of the current output of said generator; substantially as described.

2. The method of regulating the fie d density of an electric generator, the field 0t which is ener ized by an exciter, which cons'q-ts in regulating the field resistance of the exciter in response to differential electromagnetic forces resulting from lacing the intensity of the field-current of t e exciter in magnetifi' opposition to the intensity of the current out ut of said generator; substantially as de-' scri ed.

3. The method of regulating the field density of an electric generator which consists in exciting the field of said generator from an inde endent source of current in response to di erential electromagnetic forces resulting from placin the intensity of the field-current derived rom said independent source in magnetic opposition to the intensity of the current output of said generator; substantiall? as described.

4. The metho of regulating the field density of an electric generator which consists in excitin the field of said generator, controlling sai excitation in response to differential electromagnetic forces resulting from placing the intensity of the field-current of the generator in magnetic opposition to the intensity of the current output of said generator, the first-mentioned magnetic force eing assisted by the voltage of the current output of the generator; substantially as described.

5. The method of regulating the field density of an electric generator, the field of which is energized by an exciter, which consists in regulating the field resistance of the exciter in response to differential electromagnetic forces resulting from placing the intensit of the field current of the excitcr in magnetic opposition to the intensit T of the current output'of said generator, t e firstmentioned magnetic force being assisted by the voltage of the current output of the generator; substantially as described.

6. The method of regulating the field density of an electric generator which consists in exciting the field of said generator from an inde endent source of current in response to di 'erential electromagnetic forces resulting from placing the intensity of the field-current derived from said independent source in magnetic opposition to the intensity of the current output of said generator; the first-mentioned magnetic force be ing assisted by the voltage of the current output of the generator; substantially as described.

7. A method of controlling the field density of an electric enerator which consists in controlling the eld resistance by differential magnetic forces obtained from opposing the intensity of the field-current of said generator'to the intensity of the current out ut of said generator; substantially as descri ed. i

8. The method of controlling the field density of an electric generator which consists in controlli the resistance of an arc in the field-circuit dgthe generator, and providing a shunt for said are having a negative tern erature coeflicient, said are being control ed by the intensity of the field-current of the generator in magnetic opposition-to the intensity of the current output of said generator; substantiall as described. 9. The method of controllin the field ensity of a. separately-excited e ectric gen- 'rrator which consists in controllin an arc in iories with the separately-excited eld by 0 pk sing ma netic forces resulting from tie intensity 0 the exciter field-current and the intensity of the current out ut of the main gei'i erator; substantially as cllescribed.

IO. The method of controlling the field density of an electric generator which consists in controlling the field resistance in response to by,opposing magnetic forces resulting' from the intensity of the field-current of the 5 enerator and the intensity of the current oa put of said generator, the first-mentioned iagnetic force being assisted by the voltage of the current output of the genering from o posing the magnetomotive force I 5 ator; substantially as described. of the fiel -current to the magnetomotive ll. The method of regulating the voltage force of the current output of said generator,

of an electric generator, consisting in exciting the magnetomotive force of the fie d-current the field of said enerator and controlling the being assisted by the Volta e of the current field excitation y differential forces resultout ut of the generator; su stantially as de- 20 ing from o osing the magnetomotive force scri ed. l

of the fie -current to the magnetomotive In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my force of the current output of said generator; signature, in the presence of two witnesses,

substantially as described. this 14th day of Au st, 1905.

12. The method of regulating the Voltage: G ORGE S. NEELEY. of an electric generator, consisting in exciting Witnesses: the field of said generator and controlling the F. R. CORNWALL, field excitation by differential forces result- GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

